b'Continued from Page 14death of her mother and the suicide of her step-mother. As a 10-year-old, she saw Susan B. Anthony speak about womens suffrage, a wagon serving as Anthonys stage. I want to help women when I grow up, like she does! she would recall as an elder.Married, Haver Butler in the late teens became the first woman lobbyist in Washington, D.C., advocating for a higher minimum wage and womens right to vote. She became a popular public speaker in the United States and England, lecturing with playwright and activist George Bernard Shaw. Close friend Lady Nancy Astor was the first woman to sit in Parliament. Back in America, Butler gave speaking lessons to First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and other prominent women. Dining companions included Equal Rights Amendment co-author Alice Paul; she worked (Mila Johansen Collection) closely with League of Women Voters founder Carrie Jessie Haver was aboutChapman Catt. In the 1970s, Butler appeared with 22 when she graduatedfeminist Gloria Steinem and actress Marlo Thomas.from Smith College, inAnd thats just for starters.Massachusetts. This photoShe probably saved my life, Johansen muses.was taken shortly after her graduation.(Mila Johansen Collection)Jessie Haver Butler was about 28 when she and husband Hugh Butler lived in Washington D.C., when she enjoyed canoeing on the Potomac River on the weekends.From Cowgirl to CongressBy Jesse Haver Butler, with Mila JohansenThelifeandtimesofsuffragistand activist Jessie Haver Butler, whose work helped lead to the ratification of the 19thAmendment,givingwomenthe right to vote. Updated and edited by Butlers granddaughter, Mila Johansen of Penn Valley.GET THE BOOKMilaJohansen.com (Mila Johansen Collection)Amazon.com paperback and e-book Jessie Haver Butler and her husband, Hugh Butler, were presented at the Court Bookstores can orderof St. Jamess in London in 1928.on Instagram18Business 2020'